Sides

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ABOUT

AUTHOR

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Sides
by Peter Straub

About the Book:
Over twenty years in the making, SIDES represents the first ever collection
of non-fiction by bestselling author Peter Straub. Featuring introductions,
essays, afterwords, and even a "frivolity"—along with the collected
works of Putney Tyson Ridge, Straub's "self-invented human speed bump and
alter ego"—this collection presents a rare glimpse into the author's
tastes and personal musings on topics ranging from The Stepford Wives and Dracula to Lawrence Block and Stephen King.

Also included is "The Fantasy of Everyday Life", Straub's Guest-of-Honor
speech at the 1998 International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts, and
"Mom", an essay that appeared in a book that combined short stories
written by mother-son partnerships with essays written by male writers about
their mothers. The "frivolity" here—"Why Electricman Lives
in New York"—was written for an anthology celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of New York Is Book Country.

This long awaited collection closes with Putney Tyson Ridge's reviews and commentaries
on every Peter Straub book published since the 1970s.

SIDES is a unique and exclusive Cemetery Dance book, with no other editions
planned anywhere in the world!

Peter Straub is the author of seventeen novels, which have been translated
into more than twenty languages. They include Ghost Story, Koko, Mr. X,
In the Night Room, and two collaborations with Stephen King, The Talisman and Black House. He has written two volumes of poetry and two collections
of short fiction, and he edited the Library of America's edition of H. P.
Lovecraft’s Tales. He has won the British Fantasy Award, seven Bram
Stoker Awards, two International Horror Guild Awards, and two World Fantasy
Awards. In 1998, he was named Grand Master at the World Horror Convention. In
2006, he was given the HWA's Lifetime Achievement Award.